FOUNDRY HALL Information

Founded in October 2007 by Andru Bemis and Jephri Carey, Foundry Hall is a grassroots organization dedicated to continuing South Haven's authentic cultural heritage by providing a venue for the creation, practice, and presentation of original live music and the performing arts. For seven years Foundry Hall rented a 10,000 square foot historic building at 422 Eagle Street in downtown South Haven, where it hosted more than 200 events annually. The organization moved when the Eagle street location was sold in December of 2015. . Foundry Hall moved into office space attached to the Warren Senior Center at the end of 2015 and spent the next 20 months working to build an education program as well as using the Warren Center to present concerts and have 5 monthly programs. It was decided that the all-volunteer organization could not make ends meet and needed to make a change so in August of 2016 Foundry Hall moved out of the Warren Center and is now operating out of a volunteer's home. Doug Peterson still teaches in town at the First Congregational Church and Foundry Hall still gladly helps students find teachers like Doug and others in the community. Foundry Hall works with other organizations and community members to present live music including the South Haven Center for the Arts, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum and the Scott Club. The Black River Tavern generously lends us their downstairs venue for our monthly Open Mics as well as the occasional concert.